My 2nd drawing for Inktober
For my 2nd drawing I went with the Inktober prompt suggestion of Tranquil. I thought about this theme for a while, trying out a few different ideas before realising that everything was too cluttered and I need to create something that felt calm. I put away my dip pen that I usually draw with, and reached for my brushes.
Creating my drawing
I prepared the paper by scoring into the surface with a scalpel to create lots of vertical lines.
Getting inky with it
Next, I prepared the background of the paper with ink and water. Placing the paper in a tub and then allowing the ink and water to soak into the score marks on the paper. I used a brush to gently stroke the water and ink mix onto the paper, creating a series of subtle marks.
Finally, once the paper was dry I added the circle that represents the sun to the image. To create the circle I used a jam jar and black Liquitex acrylic ink.
I coated the rim of the jar with the black acrylic ink and then pressed this into the paper. I chose the acrylic ink because it has a slightly thicker consistency which helps it stick to the glass rim of the jar.
'Tranquil'
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Very creative technique, I really like it! Maybe I should start doing some art with ink this month. I have only done graphite drawings before. You are welcome to have a look at my art @realitycartoon
so calm and effective, I love the technique. I'm going to have to keep posting mine later in the day, but it's kind of giving me a new type of schedule and I think mixing it up sometimes is good.
Yay day 2!
I went to sleep last night thinking about what would I do for Tranquil - quite a tricky one,
Day 2 - only 29 more drawings to go!
It reminds me very well the word "tranquil", that is really similar in italian too (in my mother langiage is "tranquillo" ^^)!
I love the inktober! Even if I don't have enough patience to draw something every day using the ink, I like to watch the works of other artists during the event ^^
Tranquillo - beautiful!!! It is good to go to the #inktober on Steemit, and twitter, to see the variety of work being created.
Amazing @opheliafu, me I'm still thinking for on what to draw that describes tranquil :)
It is a bit of a hard theme - everything i thought of felt too busy and not tranquil at all. Good luck! :D
Wow! I LOVE the simplicity and creativity here. Awesome :)
Thank you - simplicity felt the right way to go with this theme.
Happy inktober.
...the splash of ink inbetween your blog where a nice idea and are a great vizual accent.
Thanks - i created them for my Dwelling drawing posts- but I'm rather fond of using them in other posts too.
I need something like this in my posts too 👍😊
That's a really cool technique. I'm fascinated.
Thanks, I enjoy playing with inks and seeing what I can achieve.
Really love this! It inspired me to go minimalistic and use a "prop" for my Day 2 inktober entry :)
Cool idea!